A Fistful of Fire: An Urban Fantasy Novel (Madison Fox, Illuminant Enforcer Book 2) by Rebecca Chastain

Author:Rebecca Chastain [Rebecca Chastain]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Mind Your Muse Books
Published: 2015-10-10T07:00:00+00:00

15

Baby on Board

“Drop the gun, or this is going to get ugly,” Mr. Pitt said.

“You mean uglier.” Gavin frowned, but he handed the rifle to Mr. Pitt. Shaking his head, he crouched next to Jacob.

“What do you mean, ‘imprint’?” I asked.

Isabel clamped a hand on the rifle, trying to jerk it from Mr. Pitt’s grip. “I will not stand for this. It tried to kill my enforcer.”

“Your enforcer tried to trap an imprinted pooka.” Mr. Pitt yanked the rifle from her hand and emptied the cartridges on the ground.

“My enforcer’s the only one here doing his job.” Spit flew from Isabel’s mouth as she leaned close to scream at Mr. Pitt. “Madison doesn’t even know what a pooka is. She can’t handle her own region; there’s no way she can control this.” She flung a hand toward the downed mammoth.

I took a step back. My gaze ping-ponged between the tense wardens.

“She’s a fast learner,” Mr. Pitt said.

“Fast enough to poach a pooka in my region.” Isabel went from raging hot to scary frosty in two seconds.

“You’ve got to pick. Either she’s incompetent or she’s cunning. She can’t be both.”

“Of course she can. She’s got you for a warden.”

“I’m not incompetent or cunning,” I insisted. Admitting Isabel was right and I didn’t know what a pooka was would be counterproductive. Which meant now I couldn’t ask.

“Everything will be better once the pooka stabilizes,” Mr. Pitt said, ignoring me.

“I evoke a council,” Isabel said.

Gavin’s head shot up, startled. I glanced back and forth between the wardens, sure I’d missed something. “I witness,” Gavin said, turning back to Jacob.

“We’ll need a third, but we’ll do it in my region,” Mr. Pitt said. Isabel started to protest, but he talked over her. “My enforcer, my region.”

Isabel crossed her arms, expression seething. Her head jerked in a sharp nod. “I want the pooka removed now.”

Mr. Pitt’s smile came and went almost too fast to see. “Done. We’ll move it to my region immediately.”

“We can’t move it. It’s injured. It can’t walk.” Not to mention people were bound to notice a mammoth walking the streets of Roseville.

Everyone ignored me.

“Council will convene in the parking lot of my office in a half hour.” Mr. Pitt stalked over to one edge of the garage. Isabel squatted beside Jacob, turning her back on me and the pooka.

I remained standing, hands still raised to fend off the gun no longer pointed at the pooka. What just happened? More important, what did they mean the pooka had imprinted on me? For that matter, did anyone want to explain how the pooka had solidified out of lux lucis and atrum? Anyone? Anyone at all?

There was one person with all the answers. I waited a moment to make sure no one was going to tell me what to do; then I walked a few feet closer to the pooka.

“Shh, I know it hurts. I’m going to help you,” I said. “I just need to figure a few things out.”

Large eyes of spinning vortices of white and black tracked my movements.

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